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NCAA Tournament: Steve Fisher in no hurry to retire

Steve Fisher, who turns 68 on Sunday, confirmed that “my plans” are to return for a 15th season as the coach at San Diego State and his 34th in college basketball, and perhaps more.

San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher instructs his team during the second half of a Mountain West Conference tournament NCAA college basketball game against Boise State on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Las Vegas. San Diego State defeated Boise State 73-67. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) ORG XMIT: NVIB149

Fisher has two years remaining on a four-year deal he signed in 2011 that pays him $800,000 per season plus bonuses, but he conceded that at his age, at this point in his career, coaching becomes a year-to-year proposition. And there was a rumor circulating through Mountain West coaching circles – the cynic will say it was for recruiting purposes – that this season would be his last, that he would step aside and hand the program to Brian Dutcher, his longtime assistant and the anointed “head coach in waiting.”